Characterization of soft-bottom benthic habitats of the Aland Islands,northern Baltic Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 142, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 235-245

  Bonsdorff, E ^a   Diaz, R J ^b   Rosenberg, R ^c   Norkko, A ^a   Cutter Jr , G R ^b  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^c GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

BalticSea; Benthic habitats; Hydrography; Sediment profile imaging; Zoobenthos

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC HABITAT; BENTHOS; GRAB SAMPLING; HYDROGRAPHY; SEDIMENT PROFILE IMAGING; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS; SOFT-BOTTOM HABITATS;

BALTIC SEA, ALAND ISLANDS; FINLAND, ALAND ISLANDS;

EID: 0030302995     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps142235     Document Type: Article

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